Lost in the Yellowstone: Thirty-Seven Days of Peril and a Handwritten Account of Being Lost - Couverture souple

Everts, Truman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1607814293 ISBN 13 : 9781607814290

Editeur : University of Utah Press,U.S., 2015

Synopsis

In 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, traveling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating that mysterious region. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders had caught the public's attention and the fifty-four-year-old Everts, near-sighted and an inexperienced woodsman, had determined to join the expedition. He was soon separated from the rest of the party and from his horse, setting him on a grueling quest for survival. For over a month he wandered Yellowstone alone and injured, with little food, clothing, or other equipment. In "Thirty-seven Days of Peril" he recounted his experiences for the readers of Scribner's Monthly.

In June 1996, Everts's granddaughter arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park to meet with park archivist Lee Whittlesey. She brought two documents that her father had kept hidden and both were handwritten by Everts. One was a brief autobiography that gave new insight into his early life. The other was a never-published alternative account of his confused 1870 journey through Yellowstone. Both have been added to this volume, further enhancing Everts's unlikely tale of survival.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lee Whittlesey is the Yellowstone National Park historian and the author of multiple books on the park, including Yellowstone Place Names and Storytelling in Yellowstone: Horse and Buggy Tour Guides.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Utah Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607814293
• ISBN 13: 9781607814290
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Éditeur: Whittlesey Lee H.
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